130 points

there is absolutely nothing in florida that makes it worth living there

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Florida is like an old used car: cheap upfront costs but expensive maintenance costs.

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Florida is like an old used car: cheap up front costs for a dangerous vehicle that you know will eventually fall apart but you act surprised when you lose a ball joint in your front suspension on the highway while doing 120 kph because you ignored your mechanic for the fourth time this year. The look on your face as your car crosses the median and you’re about to impact a cement truck.

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10 points

Alligators tell me otherwise. In fact, they tell me they look forward to having it back to themselves soon.

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3 points

I lived in Louisiana. Although surely they can and periodically do cause harm they really want nothing to do with you. Just don’t screw with one and you’re fine.

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1 point

Disney world is pretty nice. Maybe we could move it out lol

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12 points

Disney is the shittiest reason to come to FL.

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As a California I concur, Anaheim is a hellhole. Mind you my sense of entertainment is watching Germans burn and get heat stroke out in the Mojave, its extra funny cause I am usually paler than them.

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I’m amazed Disney hasn’t already made plans to move out of Florida.

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They do have a first-class spaceport… Watching a rocket takeoff from there would be the only reason I ever go to Florida.

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14 points

i went to see a launch in early 00’s. it is interesting, maybe worth a trip, but not worth moving there

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48 points

Insurance companies in the US have become a Ponzai scam instead of a service.

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is that a meme or did you accidentally butcher the term “ponzi scheme” which is something entirely different? not saying insurances aren’t often a scam. just a different kind.

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I modified it slightly to suit the situation.

Why do you not think a Ponzai scheme fits?

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Because a Ponzi scheme revolves around paying past people with fresh money without using it as promised at all.

Insurances (when fraudulent) collect money but don’t pay out anyone unless forced by lawsuits. Ponzi schemes are s vers specific financial tactic.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme

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I don’t understand the pun you are going for here

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I’m perfectly fine letting Florida handle Florida’s problems.

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Yeah, but then we get Desantis as president in 2032…

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Not if he has no state left to represent.

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6 points

State? by then it will be a country governed by a Christian monarchy

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Naw people hate that turd. Only reason folks think that is because he says the same stupid shit as Trump. But Trump is one of a kind in the crazy camp, can’t reproduce.

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2 points

You’re right. There is no one “better” than trump at… whatever it is he does.

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6 points

Not a chance.

Also, we will be lucky if there is even an election in 2032.

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1 point

Are we definitely skipping the 2028 election, then?

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20 points

Someone should point out to most of the right wingers that FEMA is socialism

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Dont worry they voted unanimously to not expand fema right before both hurricanes.

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It’s only socialism when the libs get it. Otherwise it’s their god given right.

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9 points

They are already hunting FEMA folks.

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11 points

Yup. Let the states decide, then pay for it

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39 points

If your insurance only covers 50% of the property value it is essentially useless.

This is absolutely insane.

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Wait until you hear about the deductible… where I am (not earthquake country by any means) the deductible was $80k. I sad pass on that.

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That’s why you get AFLAC for the other stuff.

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Ah so just purchase more insurance for the things the insurance I already pay for doesn’t cover?

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Absolutely. It is also never a bad idea to have at least 6 months in expenses saved up in cash for emergencies. And another 10 thousand to keep an attorney on retainer.

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My in-laws learned this the hard way after a total loss fire. Their insurance covered the current value of the house, not the cost to move/replace it in a total loss scenario, so now they have a big mortgage for their new house when the old one was nearly entirely paid off

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50% of a seven-figure number is still at least a six-figure number. Very useful, definitely not essentially useless. If you disagree, please give me six figures, which you apparently don’t need, so I can test the theory.

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Yeah I’m sure every home destroyed was worth over a million. That’s just a straw man.

My home insurance in the UK covers the full cost of tearing down and rebuilding if the house is damaged beyond repair. As it bloody should.

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11 points

Who could have seen this coming?

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If only climate scientists had warned us 50 years ago we probably could have done something.

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They have been warning us about the effects of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1896, then the people who produce the most CO2 bought the media and kept it quiet and gaslit.

If only we listened to Svante Arrhenius and acted then, we could have had a chance.

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The insurance companies saw this coming. That’s why they have the clauses that exclude flood damage.

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